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I Don't Think Anybody Who Is Already With Donald Trump Is Going To Be Peeled Off By His Not Knowing About Nato Or Why Japan Does Not Have Nuclear Weapons, Or Things Of That Sort.

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I Don't Think Anybody

James Fallows

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I Don't Think Anybody Who Is Already With Donald Trump Is Going To Be Peeled Off By His Not Knowing About Nato Or Why Japan Does Not Have Nuclear Weapons, Or Things Of That Sort.

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